new California law for signed memorabilia

[dupont2005]

This blog says eBay is exempt, and helped write the bill.

 

http://eurekabooksellers.com/your-signed-books-and-artwork-just-got-harder-to-sell-in-california/

[Broke as a Joke]

So sell the book for $4.99 and charge the rest in shipping and handling fees.

[Cruzin' Thru Comics]

From what I've heard and read counterfeit signatures are much more common on sports memorabilia and trading cards. I honesty don't think I've ever seen a bogus sig on a comic book.

[Meeklo]

Good...maybe we will see some SS cut down.

 

I know I am in a minority but if I am trying to by "Book A" and all I can afford is a .5, I do not need some greedy ragamuffin trying to squeeze more money out of their .5 by getting it signed and then selling it. Especially if there are not many .5s of "Book A" on the market.

[Plantman]

sort of. i don't feel like researching it. RMA is in california and is an amateur legal scholar, so he probably knows.

 

He should have posted in this thread by now...timber72, where are you? (That has to be him in the comments section, right?)

[drotto]

I would hope that having a SS encapsulated book would qualify as a certificate of authenticity. Does anyone know the language/legalize that CGC puts on SS books? I would imagine it would be relatively easy to incorporate a CA into the label for these books, and provide some sort of additional certificate to be packaged with the book. The bigger issue is the thousands of existing SS books that would not have this new language on the label.

[Red84]

Yay! Now people dealing in genuine autographs with no COA will be out of luck while scammers will print fake COAs! Very well thought out law.

[Gsims718]

From what I've heard and read counterfeit signatures are much more common on sports memorabilia and trading cards. I honesty don't think I've ever seen a bogus sig on a comic book.

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=9577453&fpart=1

[Broke as a Joke]

Will this stop auction sites from offering SS slabs? Maybe fresh from signing books will have no problems but any slabs that have been passed around would be a no go now.

[drotto]

Will this stop auction sites from offering SS slabs? Maybe fresh from signing books will have no problems but any slabs that have been passed around would be a no go now.

 

The sealed nature of the slab may count for something, if it is considered anti tampering.